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Longterm Goals
The goal should be to achieve a time resolution of 0.08 years
for a number of years. Multiple filter observations for a broad
range of objects should be obtained at least once a month. A
relatively small collection of observatories could produce an
impressive collection of data with a time resolution on the order
of 0.1 years. Any unusual variations would be reported and thus
serve as a trigger for more intensive categories of observation.
Intraday Goals
The goal should be to establish targeted campaigns to achieve
a true time resolution of 1 day for a period of several weeks.
Objects exhibiting unusual variation in the longterm studies,
or objects selected as a result of other observations, or objects
selected for programatic reasons, can be placed on special focused
campaigns. For such a campaign, cooperating observatories will
attempt to obtain an observation once a night for an extended,
but finite span of time. A modest distribution of observatories
would be expected to produce surveillance data with a time resolution
on the order of a day. Such campaigns might extend for 4, 8,
or 12 weeks.
Microvariability Goals
The goal should be to establish targeted campaigns to achieve
a true time resolution of several minutes for a period of several
days. Objects exhibiting unusual night-to-night variations, or
objects selected as a result of other observations, or objects
selected for programatic reasons, can be placed on special microvariability
campaigns. For such a campaign, cooperating observatories with
appropriate equipment will attempt to sit on a designated target
nearly continuously for several/many hours at a time throughout
the night. Such a campaign should extend for an extended but
finite span of time. With proper planning and a uniform distribution
of observatories in longitude, this should make it possible to
keep a target under virtually continuous surveillance with a
time resolution on the order of minutes. Such campaigns might
extend for 5, 10, or 15 days.
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